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184. Magical Girl Raising Project
https://myanimelist.net/anime/33003/Mahou_Shoujo_Ikusei_Keikaku
Fall 2016 (12 episodes)
My Score: 4/10, MAL Score: 6.96/10
Best Character: Hatoda Ako

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jH_3CjPxlU

Premise: Several girls are granted magical powers, with the catch that the lowest performer each week will lose them. Once its revealed that losing their powers is fatal, they all fight to survive.

The Good: I really adore the concept. Magical Girl Raising Project is basically a battle royale between magical girls. Some characters are more interesting than others. Hardgore Alice was my favorite, mostly because of her name. They all had neat powers, though. Even ones that werent necessarily combat capabilities could be used in creative ways. I vividly remember one moment that came out of nowhere but made perfect sense and was gory and awesome.

The Bad: Like many dark magical girl shows, MGRP tried to be as miserable as possible. I often predicted plot twists, episodes in advance, just by asking myself what the darkest thing that could possibly happen would be. Inevitably, thats what would happen. The concept demands a certain level of grimness, but Id have preferred if it wasnt so predictable about it. I also didnt like a few of the characters the story chose to focus on. The main girl was a boring protagonist.

Overall: Magical Girl Raising Project is one of the rare anime that overcame my aversion to bleak stories. It has an interesting concept and mostly focuses on taking it as far as possible. A story this dark can only rank so high with me, however, and it has a few flaws weighing it down too.

COMING UP TOMORROW:
183: This anime died pathetically while trying to save someone who wasn't in any danger.
182: This anime was shot by an airsoft gun.
181: This anime is sitting by the river waiting for a fated encounter.